Photographic-plate holder.



S. G. ZUCKERMAN.

PHTOGRAPHIC PLATE HOLDER.

APPLICATION men MAR.5.19|5.

Patented May 2l, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l /wf/vron Anomvfrs Samuel G. Zucker fawn S. G. ZUCKERMAN.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. l9l5. 1,267, 159, Patented May 21,1918.

2 SHEES-SHEET 2.

INVEN'H Samuel GZuckerma n A TTRNY'S' Mmes 4s acter rnorocmmc-rurn norman.

Speciilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application led March 5, 1015. Serial No. 12,288.

To all whom 't may concern.-

Be it known that I, SMUEL G. Zoom- MAN a citizen of the United States, and a resi ent of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved' Photo aphic-Plate Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. A

Among the principal objects which the resent invention has in view are the folowing z-To provide means for transferring an inscri tion to a photographic plate, to be develop with the remain er of the negative; to impart to the photographic plate, as a part of the original `exposure thereof, an inscription, the reproduction of which on photoaphic prints will resemble in charat of pencil or ink on white or light paper, rendering thereby possible `the formlng of light or white margins for photographic prints; and to provide for placing the inscription above mentioned upon the field of the photographic prints.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a side view of a plate holder constructed and arranged in accordance with the resent invention;

Fig. 2 1s a vertical cross section on an enlarged scale of said plate holder, the figure being broken and contracted;

Flg. 3 is a detail view in perspective and on a magnified scale, showing a corner fragment of a plate holder constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; l

Fig. 4 is a detail view on a magnified scale, showing partly in section and partly in spective, a corner fragment of a plate ho der constructed and arranged in` accordance with the present invention, said holder being `charged and having two plates held therein, said holder being further shown as in the upright or normal position;

Fig. '5 is a view of the structure shownin Fig. 4, the same bein inverted, and of the shutter for exposing t e inscription on the plate; and

6 is a side view of an end fragment of a 'sli e for a plate holder constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, showing the inscription as having been written thereon.

As seen in the drawings, the plate holder is arranged to hold two plates and covering slides therefor. To receive the said slides the side frame members 11 are provided with grooves 12. The grooves 12 are widened at the upper ends to hold the slides 13 in such manner that they maybe ressed into close contact with the sensitizl plates 19. In the present construction, the grooves 12 are enlarged near th-e top of the frame to form an offset 14, which normally receives and holds a transparent strip 15, such as glass, celluloid or similar material, prepared to receive a written inscription, said strip being shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The slides 13 when constructed in accordance with the present invention are each provided with a handle bar 16.- Adjacent the said bar and parallel therewith, the slide has a slot 17, formed therein, extending across the said slide. Said strip is permanently attached to the inner face of the slide 13. The plate holders are arranged with exible light stops 18 of conventional formation. Normally when the slide 13 is in position the stops 18 rest against the inner surface of the strip 15. The strip 15, when the slide 13 is in the holder, rests in the offset 14 and slightly removed from the prepared plate 19.

The late holder is provided with oppositely situated shutters 22. The shutters 22 are hinged by the pins 23 to the side members 11 and top rail 20 and are ada ted to be held iirmly upon the slides 13, an when the same are in position, to cover the slots 17 formed therein. In order to insure the exclusion of light from the slot 17, the shutter 22 is made wide enou h to lap over the opaque slide 13 a certain istance below the lower edge of the slot 17. The shutters 22 are maintained in service relation b springs 24, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the rawings. To operate the shutters 22, finger holds 25 are provided in the members 11, as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

As heremafter described, the slide 13 and Yexs shutter 22 are never, respectively, removed,

and o ened at the saine time while the holder is loa ed. When the shutter 22 is in normal position and the slide 13 is removed, the area of the plate 19 below the lower edge of the shutter 22 is exposed to receive the photographic impression.

opened, the area of the plate 19 above the lower edge of the slot 17 is exposed to receive the inscription; there is thus a strip between the lower ed e of the slot 17 and the lower ed e of the s utter 22 on the plate 19 that woul never be exposed. To prevent an uns' (ghtly black strip on the photographic print ue and corresponding to the unexposed strip of the p ate just described, a s ace is provided between the top of the gate 19 and the top rail 20, as seen best in igs. 2 and 4 of the drawin equal to that between the lower ed e o the shutter 22 and the lower edge of t e slot 17 (when both are in normal position), permitting the plate 19 to be shifted upward until it touches the top rail 20, or, which is the same, until the line of the photographic impression on the plate originall coinciding with the lower edge of the s utter 22 coincides with the lower edge of the slot 17, thus removing the ob'ectionable feature of an unex osed strip.

e usual supporting rings or the sensitized plate are dispense with and in lieu thereof there is employed two leaf sprin 26. The springs 26 are mounted on t e hinged sections 27, formin parts of the lower rail of the frame. en the sections 27 are disposed to receive in the groove 28 the ends of the slides 13, the springs 26 bear upon the plates 19 with sufficient force to steady them in position. When later, however, the plates are shifted to expose the upper ends thereof, the springs 26 permit the movement of the said plates.

Operation. i

With plate holders constructed and arranged as disclosed, the operation is as follows: The plates 19 are loaded in the holder and the slides 13 are then inserted to cover the same. The lower ends of the slides 13 are introduced in the grooves 28 `in the section 27, said sections being closed. The springs 26 rest against the ate 19. When insertin the slides 13 in t e manner indicated, t e li ht stops 18 and the shutters 22 are displac to make room for the slides 13 and the lass strips 15 mounted thereon.

The plgate holder, being loaded, is placed inthe camera. The slide 13 is then removed to expose the said plate 19 to receive the photographic impression when the shutter of the camera is operated. While the slide 13 is removed, the operator overturns it to dispose the transparent stri 15 uppermost, as shown in Fig. 6 of the rawings. Upon When the slide 13 is` in normal position and the shutter 22 is the strip 16, and opposite the slot 17, the operator writes an inscription indicating the subject of the photograph. The slide 13 is now re laced and the holder removed.

The older may be removed and inverted to the osition shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. he plates 19 are now shifted to rest on the top rail 20, the springs 26 yielding sufficiently to permit the plates 19 to thus move. It will be noted that the inscription area of the plates above described is now moved to be exposed through the slot 17. 'lihe plates being thus dis osed, the operator lifts the shutter to permit the light to pass through the glass strip 15. Simultaneously the slide 13 and strip 15 are ressed back so that the part o f the strip 15 ea the in scription rests firml on the plaxtgli?. The light stops 18 yiel suiciently to permit the action.

It will now be observed that the opaque lines of the inscription with which the strip 15 has been provided obstruct the liglht' ra s and produce on the negative a re ativey light or transparent tion. When the photo aph is now prin it will be found that e inscription prints in black lines.

While I have herein described the invention as ap lied to a plate holder, it will be understood that the same is equall applicable to a film holder and such app ication is claimed by me asa part of the present invention.

Gleim.

1. A photographic plate holder having a recess for receiving a sensitized la said recess being lon r than the plate eld there by; a cover sli e for said recess, said slide havi an aperture coincident with one end of sai recess when inservice; and means normally covering said aperture to prevent erethroug said the passage of liht. means being manu ly operative to permit the pas of light through said aperture.

2. A p otographic plate holder having a recess for receiving a sensitized plate, said recess being longer than the plate held thereb a cover slide for said recess, said slide avin an aperture coincident with one end o said recess when in service; means normally covern said aperture to prevent the passageof ght therethrough, said means being manually operative to permit the passage of light through said a erture; an a transparent medium mounts on said slide covering said aperture, said med ium being adapted to support an inscription thereon.

3. A photographic plate holder having a recess for receiving a sensitized late, said recess being longer than the plate eld thereby; a cover sli e for said recess, said slide l having an aperture coincident with one end of seid recess when in service; means normally covering seid aperture to prevent the assage of 1i ht therethrough, said means ing manna y operative to permit the pasl sage of light tlrough seid a erture; and a transparent medium moun on seld slide covering said aperture, said medium bei adapted to have imparted thereto and to the inner surface thereof, an inscription for photographieelly printing on the sensitized 10 surface of said late.

In witness w ereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribm witnesses.

SAMUL G. ZUCKERMAN.

Witnesses:

E. B. PHILIP D. RoLLnAUs. 

